Officer Jones

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The bartender slid a mug of beer in front of Flip Tompkins. In return, Flip pulled out a handful of mangled bills and spilled them onto the sticky bar for the tip. He included an extra dollar for looking past the fact he was still eighteen months shy of his twenty-first birthday.

Flip wore a multicolored flannel shirt, tied around his waist, and a T-shirt that saluted his favorite band, Pearl Jam-a local group that was a driving force in the new “grunge rock” craze that had swept through the Seattle area. He even copied the haircut of the band’s lead singer, Eddie Vedder, with long, brown bangs that would constantly fall over his eyes.

Instead of attending college like most of his classmates, he’d spent his post-graduation year chasing around local grunge bands like Pearl Jam and Nirvana. His parents were seriously getting on his case about his current slacker status. And they were not thrilled that he’d decided to spend the Fourth going to another concert, instead of the traditional family picnic.

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